The Statistic in Which the Differences from the Mean Are

question 5

Multiple Choice

The statistic in which the differences from the mean are squared (to eliminate negative numbers) before they are added together and divided by their total number is called the

• A)standard deviation.
• B)mean deviations.
• C)median.
• D)variance.

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